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<ul><li><a href="#Tomcat_service_application">Tomcat service application</a></li><li><a href="#Tomcat_monitor_application">Tomcat monitor application</a></li><li><a href="#Command_line_arguments">Command line arguments</a></li><li><a href="#Command_line_parameters">Command line parameters</a></li><li><a href="#Installing_services">Installing services</a></li><li><a href="#Updating_services">Updating services</a></li><li><a href="#Removing_services">Removing services</a></li><li><a href="#Debugging_services">Debugging services</a></li><li><a href="#Multiple_Instances">Multiple Instances</a></li></ul>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Tomcat service application"><!--()--></a><a name="Tomcat_service_application"><strong>Tomcat service application</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
    <b>Tomcat7</b> is a service application for running Tomcat
    7 as a Windows service.
</p>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Tomcat monitor application"><!--()--></a><a name="Tomcat_monitor_application"><strong>Tomcat monitor application</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
    <b>Tomcat7w</b> is a GUI application for monitoring and
    configuring Tomcat services.
</p>
    <p>The available command line options are:</p>

    <table class="defaultTable">
    <tr><td><b>//ES//</b></td>
        <td>Edit service configuration</td>
        <td>This is the default operation. It is called if the no option is
            provided but the executable is renamed to <b>servicenameW.exe</b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td><b>//MS//</b></td>
        <td>Monitor service</td>
        <td>Put the icon in the system tray</td>
    </tr>
    </table>

</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Command line arguments"><!--()--></a><a name="Command_line_arguments"><strong>Command line arguments</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
    Each command line directive is in the form of <b>//XX//ServiceName</b>
</p>
    <p>The available command line options are:</p>

    <table class="defaultTable">
    <tr><td><b>//TS//</b></td>
        <td>Run the service as console application</td>
        <td>This is the default operation. It is called if the no option is
            provided. The ServiceName is the name of the executable without
            exe suffix, meaning Tomcat7</td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td><b>//RS//</b></td>
        <td>Run the service</td>
        <td>Called only from ServiceManager</td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td><b>//SS//</b></td>
        <td>Stop the service</td>
        <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td><b>//US//</b></td>
        <td>Update service parameters</td>
        <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td><b>//IS//</b></td>
        <td>Install service</td>
        <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td><b>//DS//</b></td>
        <td>Delete service</td>
        <td>Stops the service if running</td>
    </tr>
    </table>

</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Command line parameters"><!--()--></a><a name="Command_line_parameters"><strong>Command line parameters</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
    Each command line parameter is prefixed with <b>--</b>. If the command line
    parameter is prefixed with <b>++</b> then it's value will be appended to the
    existing option.
    If the environment variable with the same name as command line parameter but
    prefixed with <code>PR_</code> exists it will take precedence.
    For example:</p>
<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>set PR_CLASSPATH=xx.jar</code></pre></div>

<p>is equivalent to providing</p>
<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>--Classpath=xx.jar</code></pre></div>
<p> as command line parameter.</p>

    <table class="defaultTable">
    <tr>
    <th>ParameterName</th>
    <th>Default</th>
    <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--Description</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Service name description (maximum 1024 characters)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--DisplayName</td>
    <td>ServiceName</td>
    <td>Service display name</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--Install</td>
    <td>procrun.exe //RS//ServiceName</td>
    <td>Install image</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--Startup</td>
    <td>manual</td>
    <td>Service startup mode can be either <b>auto</b> or <b>manual</b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--DependsOn</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>List of services that this service depend on. Dependent services
        are separated using either <b>#</b> or <b>;</b> characters</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--Environment</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>List of environment variables that will be provided to the service
        in the form <b>key=value</b>. They are separated using either
        <b>#</b> or <b>;</b> characters. If you need to use either the <b>#</b>
        or <b>;</b> character within a value then the entire value must be
        enclosed inside single quotes.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--User</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>User account used for running executable. It is used only for
        StartMode <b>java</b> or <b>exe</b> and enables running applications
        as service under account without LogonAsService privilege.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--Password</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Password for user account set by --User parameter</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--JavaHome</td>
    <td>JAVA_HOME</td>
    <td>Set a different JAVA_HOME than defined by JAVA_HOME environment
        variable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--Jvm</td>
    <td>auto</td>
    <td>Use either <b>auto</b> (i.e. find the JVM from the Windows registry)
        or specify the full path to the <b>jvm.dll</b>.
        You can use the environment variable expansion here.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--JvmOptions</td>
    <td>-Xrs</td>
    <td>List of options in the form of <b>-D</b> or <b>-X</b> that will be
        passed to the JVM. The options are separated using either
        <b>#</b> or <b>;</b> characters. If you need to embed either <b>#</b> or
        <b>;</b> characters, put them inside single quotes. (Not used in
        <b>exe</b> mode.)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--JvmOptions9</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>List of options in the form of <b>-D</b> or <b>-X</b> that will be
        passed to the JVM when running on Java 9 or later. The options are
        separated using either <b>#</b> or <b>;</b> characters. If you need to
        embed either <b>#</b> or <b>;</b> characters, put them inside single
        quotes. (Not used in <b>exe</b> mode.)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--Classpath</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Set the Java classpath. (Not used in <b>exe</b> mode.)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--JvmMs</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Initial memory pool size in MB. (Not used in <b>exe</b> mode.)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--JvmMx</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Maximum memory pool size in MB. (Not used in <b>exe</b> mode.)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--JvmSs</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Thread stack size in KB. (Not used in <b>exe</b> mode.)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StartMode</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>One of <b>jvm</b>, <b>Java</b> or <b>exe</b>. The modes are:
      <ul>
        <li>jvm - start Java in-process. Depends on jvm.dll, see <b>--Jvm</b>.</li>
        <li>Java - same as exe, but automatically uses the default Java
         executable, i.e. %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe. Make sure JAVA_HOME is set
         correctly, or use --JavaHome to provide the correct location.
         If neither is set, procrun will try to find the default JDK (not JRE)
         from the Windows registry.</li>
        <li>exe - run the image as a separate process</li>
      </ul>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StartImage</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Executable that will be run. Only applies to <b>exe</b> mode.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StartPath</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Working path for the start image executable.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StartClass</td>
    <td>Main</td>
    <td>Class that contains the startup method. Applies to the <b>jvm</b> and
        <b>Java</b> modes. (Not used in <b>exe</b> mode.) </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StartMethod</td>
    <td>main</td>
    <td>Method name if differs then main</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StartParams</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>List of parameters that will be passed to either StartImage or
        StartClass. Parameters are separated using either <b>#</b> or
        <b>;</b> character.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StopMode</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>One of <b>jvm</b>, <b>Java</b> or <b>exe</b>. See <b>--StartMode</b>
        for further details. </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StopImage</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Executable that will be run on Stop service signal. Only applies to
        <b>exe</b> mode.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StopPath</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Working path for the stop image executable. Does not apply to <b>jvm</b>
        mode.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StopClass</td>
    <td>Main</td>
    <td>Class that will be used on Stop service signal. Applies to the
        <b>jvm</b> and <b>Java</b> modes. </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StopMethod</td>
    <td>main</td>
    <td>Method name if differs then main</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StopParams</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>List of parameters that will be passed to either StopImage or
        StopClass. Parameters are separated using either <b>#</b> or
        <b>;</b> character.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StopTimeout</td>
    <td>No Timeout</td>
    <td>Defines the timeout in seconds that procrun waits for service to
        exit gracefully.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--LogPath</td>
    <td>%SystemRoot%\System32\LogFiles\Apache</td>
    <td>Defines the path for logging. Creates the directory if necessary.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--LogPrefix</td>
    <td>commons-daemon</td>
    <td>Defines the service log filename prefix. The log file is created in the
        LogPath directory with <code>.YEAR-MONTH-DAY.log</code> suffix</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--LogLevel</td>
    <td>Info</td>
    <td>Defines the logging level and can be either <b>Error</b>,
        <b>Info</b>, <b>Warn</b> or <b>Debug</b>. (Case insensitive).</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StdOutput</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Redirected stdout filename.
        If named <b>auto</b> then file is created inside <b>LogPath</b> with the
        name <b>service-stdout.YEAR-MONTH-DAY.log</b>.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--StdError</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Redirected stderr filename.
        If named <b>auto</b> then file is created inside <b>LogPath</b> with the
        name <b>service-stderr.YEAR-MONTH-DAY.log</b>.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>--PidFile</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Defines the file name for storing the running process id. Actual file is
        created in the <b>LogPath</b> directory</td>
    </tr>
    </table>

</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Installing services"><!--()--></a><a name="Installing_services"><strong>Installing services</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
The safest way to manually install the service is to use the provided
<b>service.bat</b> script. Administrator privileges are required to run this
script. If necessary, you can use the <code>/user</code> switch to specify
a user to use for the installation of the service.
</p>
<p>
<strong>NOTE:</strong> If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled you will be
asked for additional privileges when 'Tomcat7.exe' is launched by
the script.<br>
If you want to pass additional options to service installer as
<code>PR_*</code> environment variables, you have to either configure them
globally in OS, or launch the program that sets them with elevated privileges
(e.g. right-click on cmd.exe and select "Run as administrator"; on Windows 8
(or later) or Windows Server 2012 (or later), you can open an elevated command
prompt for the current directory from the Explorer
by clicking on the "File" menu bar). See issue <a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56143">56143</a> for details.
</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Install the service named 'Tomcat7'
C:\&gt; service.bat install</code></pre></div>

<p>There is a 2nd optional parameter that lets you specify the name of the
service, as displayed in Windows services.</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Install the service named 'MyService'
C:\&gt; service.bat install MyService</code></pre></div>

<p>When installing the service with a non-default name,
tomcat7.exe and tomcat7w.exe may be renamed to
match the chosen service name. To do this, use the <code>--rename</code>
option.</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Install the service named 'MyService' with renaming
C:\&gt; service.bat install MyService --rename</code></pre></div>

<p>
If using tomcat7.exe, you need to use the <b>//IS//</b> parameter.</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Install the service named 'Tomcat7'
C:\&gt; tomcat7 //IS//Tomcat7 --DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 7" ^
     --Install="C:\Program Files\Tomcat\bin\tomcat7.exe" --Jvm=auto ^
     --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm ^
     --StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap --StartParams=start ^
     --StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap --StopParams=stop</code></pre></div>

</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Updating services"><!--()--></a><a name="Updating_services"><strong>Updating services</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
To update the service parameters, you need to use the <b>//US//</b> parameter.
</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Update the service named 'Tomcat7'
C:\&gt; tomcat7 //US//Tomcat7 --Description="Apache Tomcat Server - https://tomcat.apache.org/ " ^
     --Startup=auto --Classpath=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\bootstrap.jar</code></pre></div>

<p>If you gave the service an optional name, you need to specify it like this:
</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Update the service named 'MyService'
C:\&gt; tomcat7 //US//MyService --Description="Apache Tomcat Server - https://tomcat.apache.org/ " ^
     --Startup=auto --Classpath=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\bootstrap.jar</code></pre></div>

</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Removing services"><!--()--></a><a name="Removing_services"><strong>Removing services</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
To remove the service, you need to use the <b>//DS//</b> parameter.<br>
If the service is running it will be stopped and then deleted.</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Remove the service named 'Tomcat7'
C:\&gt; tomcat7 //DS//Tomcat7</code></pre></div>

<p>If you gave the service an optional name, you need to specify it like this:
</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Remove the service named 'MyService'
C:\&gt; tomcat7 //DS//MyService</code></pre></div>

</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Debugging services"><!--()--></a><a name="Debugging_services"><strong>Debugging services</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
To run the service in console mode, you need to use the <b>//TS//</b> parameter.
The service shutdown can be initiated by pressing <b>CTRL+C</b> or
<b>CTRL+BREAK</b>.
If you rename the tomcat7.exe to testservice.exe then you can just execute the
testservice.exe and this command mode will be executed by default.</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>Run the service named 'Tomcat7' in console mode
C:\&gt; tomcat7 //TS//Tomcat7 [additional arguments]
Or simply execute:
C:\&gt; tomcat7</code></pre></div>

</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Multiple Instances"><!--()--></a><a name="Multiple_Instances"><strong>Multiple Instances</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
<p>
Tomcat supports installation of multiple instances. You can have a single
installation of Tomcat with multiple instances running on different IP/port
combinations, or multiple Tomcat versions, each running one or more instances on
different IP/ports.</p>
<p>
Each instance folder will need the following structure:
</p>
<ul>
<li>conf</li>
<li>logs</li>
<li>temp</li>
<li>webapps</li>
<li>work</li>
</ul>
<p>
At a minimum, conf should contain a copy of the following files from
CATALINA_HOME\conf\. Any files not copied and edited, will be picked up by
default from CATALINA_HOME\conf, i.e. CATALINA_BASE\conf files override defaults
from CATALINA_HOME\conf.</p>
<ul>
<li>server.xml</li>
<li>web.xml</li>
</ul>
<p>
You must edit CATALINA_BASE\conf\server.xml to specify a unique IP/port for the
instance to listen on. Find the line that contains
<code>&lt;Connector port="8080" ...</code> and add an address attribute and/or
update the port number so as to specify a unique IP/port combination.</p>
<p>
To install an instance, first set the CATALINA_HOME environment variable to the
name of the Tomcat installation directory. Then create a second environment
variable CATALINA_BASE and point this to the instance folder. Then run "service
install" command specifying a service name.</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>set CATALINA_HOME=c:\tomcat_7
set CATALINA_BASE=c:\tomcat_7\instances\instance1
service install instance1</code></pre></div>

<p>
To modify the service settings, you can run <b>tomcat7w //ES//instance1</b>.
</p>
<p>
For additional instances, create additional instance folder, update the
CATALINA_BASE environment variable, and run the service install again.</p>

<div class="codeBox"><pre><code>set CATALINA_BASE=c:\tomcat_7\instances\instance2
service install instance2</code></pre></div>

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